News

More ‘difficult decisions’ ahead due to falling rolls

Politicians urged not to turn budget cuts into a political football as trusts grapple with dwindling pupil numbers

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News

First academy trust rapped for confidentiality clause

New rules state such clauses 'must not be used unless the trust has received prior DfE approval'

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Academies

Leaders urged to ignore fake DfE letter about data breach

Trusts sent 'fraudulent' letter featuring 'ministerial signature'

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Teacher training and development

Anger as another teacher training top-up course axed

Experts slam ‘unreasonable’ short-notice cuts to trainee chemistry courses

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Academies

The teachers with a 24-hour commute

Major trust partners with tropical island's only secondary to send staff on 'once-in-a-lifetime' secondment

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Schools

Academies lobby pension fund chiefs over ‘unfair’ extra payments 

West Yorkshire academy chains believe they are paying millions more than local authority schools

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Academies

David Ross trust braced for redundancies amid falling rolls

Cuts loom at 36-school MAT after central team review failed to address funding reductions

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Jack Dyson
School funding

More strikes ‘inevitable’ as trusts axe jobs to stay afloat

Dozens of schools rocked by strike announcements over planned restructures dubbed 'neither fair nor sustainable'

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Jack Dyson
Academies

109 schools leaves United Learning ‘spread thin’, says former academies minister

England's biggest trust this week unveiled proposals to merge with south west chain Authentic Education

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Jack Dyson